The World Health Organization estimated that Yemen had over 200,000 cases of cholera.
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Virginia became the 10th state to join the United States of America.
Canada swore in Kim Campbell as the nation’s first female Prime Minister.
Florida, one of the confederate states, was readmitted to the Union.
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